. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. en-berg; and enjoy at everyturn of his way the mostvaried and striking stretchesof scenery. If his ramblesare in vacation time, hewill doubtless meet some ofthe German students whowith pack on back andbook in hand pass theirholiday from the classes instudying the natural featuresof the Fatherland. Hewill do well to note the loveof country which marks thecharacter of the Burschen,and if he be of jovial habits,and can enjoy the language,LDRLEr, may break a bottle of wine with the first student party he meets; may learn how they
. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. en-berg; and enjoy at everyturn of his way the mostvaried and striking stretchesof scenery. If his ramblesare in vacation time, hewill doubtless meet some ofthe German students whowith pack on back andbook in hand pass theirholiday from the classes instudying the natural featuresof the Fatherland. Hewill do well to note the loveof country which marks thecharacter of the Burschen,and if he be of jovial habits,and can enjoy the language,LDRLEr, may break a bottle of wine with the first student party he meets; may learn how they cansmoke ; and may perchance be favoured with a few specimens of the 23ursrf)m £>ongs. A student free I wander here Along the banks of classic Rhine,And legends old—now gay, now drear,Companions are of Burschen bold—I tread the strand,The river of my Fatherland. I passd beneath the Drachenfels, And Ehrenbreitstein met my sight;A gush of pride my bosom swellsWhen dreaming of its Burschen true — I proudly standMid bulwarks of my OBERWESEL. 159 Still as I go, the waters bright Reflect the ruins hoarWhere Marxburgh and where BacharackCall back the days of yore,When chieftain bold and trusty bandSwayd the fate of the Fatherland. The love of the Germans for the Rhine is proverbial over Europe, and thisfeeling appears to have been felt for ages past as strongly as it was on thememorable New Years Night when Blucher passed the river in 1814. The Warrior Knight from Holy Land with fame and spoil has come, And he bares his brow, and he bends his knee, as he nears his river home; He thinks no more of the Sirocs heat, or the dangers of Palestine, But is filld with fullest joy again, as he once more sees the Rhine. The Rhine ! the Rhine ! the beautiful! once more I tread thy strand,— The stream of streams, the only lovd, stream of my Fatherland. The Nile breathes of its Pyramids — of glories sad, but vast; And the Ganges through a thousand spots of
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